MR. JUSTICE BLATCHFORD delivered the opinion of the court.
This is an appeal by the plaintiffs in a suit in equity from a decree dismissing the bill of complaint. The suit was brought for the infringement of three several letters-patent, — No. 19,490, granted to Frederic Cook, March 2, 1858, for an "improvement in metallic ties for cotton-bales," and extended for seven years from March 2, 1872; reissued letters-patent No. 5333, granted to James J. McComb, as...
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